Dice box



May 17, 1927. i l. 1.,6293-42 l.. BCJNELL DICE BOX Filed Junel2, 1924 j; la 5, v

Patented May 17, 1927.

- YLMVRENCE BONELL, or oHIoAGo, ILLInos.

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Appiicaiiosiea Juneiz, 1924'. 'seriai menaient j` a A' This invention relates to improvements in. dice boxes, the body of which and a sepa` i" rate lbottom pieceA therefor have heretofore conslsted of stitched leather, andwliich, in a comparativelyshort time came apart Vfrom the breaking of the stitching threads,1which dice boxes are also subject to the further objection that no obstruction. `is provided under his control.

vtherein 'for imparting a Whirl to dice when throw-n from the box, and as a result of which the thrower has the dicemore or less The prime object of myinvention broadly stated, isla dice box, lthe body and bottom c of which are constructed of indestructible `v materiahfprovided with means for securely locking them togetheragainst accidental de- Y tachment, 4

A further object of 'my invention is to provide such a dice box with an attachable obl struction surrounding'the edges of the body l portion,'which, vwhen worn-out,is.renewgable. Y Y

` Another objectof my invention is to providelthe'bottom edge of the body portion of a dice lbox ,with a cushion surrounding the bottom edge thereof, forjrendering the box noiseless when Vplacingit in of rest, and which .is renewable; l.. f v

With these .ends in view,` myinvention finds embodiment `in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts by which .the 'said objects and certain other objects are at.l

tained, all .as hereinafter fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings and more "fully pointed out inthe claims. a

Fig. 1 illustrates, in centrallongitudinal section, a dice box in which my invention mide embodintient'.`

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on they line 2,2of Fig. 1. f f

Fig. Sis a transverse section through the obstruction located on the rim of the y box I shown in Fig. 1.

Fig/i is a detailed vertical section, showing a modified construction of thev bottom for the box.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section ofthe box, showing a modification of the lobstruction for the dice located at the rim of the box.

Fig. 6 is a similar view, showing a still further modification of such obstruction;

v from end to end, andas a result` of which and a positionl v a sound-deadening material 14 before yatin the opposing edgeof the body F ig. Tfisa'gsimilar View showing another" modification off thefnieans"for securing ,the

bottom to: thefbody ofthe box.

. Similar characters of drawings.4

reference vindicate i 8 indicates the body ofthe dice box, which. 'i

is cylindricalV in form, :openat'botlrends,

and'preferablyj constructed' of aluminumor vulcanized rubber severed from vstock tubing,

whicl1, when ofrubbenfis preferablyhard n' andthin enough tofbefbut little compresf sible, y'and which, when l of `resilient vulcanized a' rubbeij'is accordingly thickerf As a'ineans for deadening'thezsound fromv 'fri the shakin'gjof the dice-,the cylinder is lined with a textile fabric, butmay bev with leather or other non-Vsound@conducting materials, `-as. indicated at y l.

One end of the `box isrclosed by a bottom acrossfthe v.end off', the-'body' toContactk with the edgestliereof and is secured 'thereto by a iet piecelOfwhich, asfls'hown'in 'Fig.,`1,extends i if desired; may jbeglocked l'thereto bypunchly i iris theel" .tellenffh-fHanse'ihtetbbdr portion,asindicated'at 13.v The bottom 10 is preferably faced with taching it to the bodyvportion, the material of the .body portion being. lexposed through"- the central portion of the. ring, as indicated at l5. f f

Fig. 3 shows a modified form of construction Vin which a bottom. 16, of suitable material, is located and'confined between the." i

inner walls of the body'portionS, flush with detachment by brads 17 or screws, as may The edges yin Fig. 4, arey provided with anY 'annular groove 18, adapted tov receive rand retain f the adjacent-edges thereof and held 'against of tlie bottom portion, as shown n i 'As heretofore constructed, so far as I am aware, the inner walls of the bodyv portion of all dice boxes extend in straight lines im' i the roll of the` dice thrown from the boX can bemore or less controlledby the thrower,

y tol his own'V advantage.

By my invention, however, the possibilrity of anyA such control is effectually prevented by securing tothe edge of` the openr end of the box an obstruction which, as

A shown in Fig. 1, consists of'a grooved hard or soft rubber ring u21,the. groove of which y ring, being normally in the form of a dovetail-,so that When forcing the ring downwardly upon the I edge .of `the body portion of the boX, the flanges ofthe ringcwill tighten and.,holdlthe.4 ring in its operative position.

InFigfflis'illustrated a modification ot the abovefobstruction, in which'the ring 22 f .egcteiidsiacrossgthe)edgeotthe body portion land inwardly thereof fis provided with a 'Y flan e235 lsofforinedthatwhenfforced into tliofwodyfportion, itwill tightly embrace the inner wallsorfliningthereof, asI maybe, and

' hfol'd the 'ringl gagainstaccidental detachment.

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y Av'niodicatjgon tot thering shown Fig. 5 is illustratedinFig 6, in which the flange 23;..is provided with a sl'irrounding body-24, adaptedvto be'fsprung intoa groove 25 suryroundingjthe inner-wall of the body portion, whichzbeaxdgand"grooye-provide a means better adapted forretaining the ringagarnst accidental detachrneritv than 1nV the form lsilllownfin either Eigsil orb of thedrawings, In Fig. fislshown'still another means forA closingoneend ofrgth'e cylindricalbody portongof ,theboi-and for themore convenT ient removal .of therv bottom'than yis shown in anyoft thevvother figures, andv in which the inner walls of ltheb/fo'dy,.portion areV provided ,withjparallel'annular ,f grooves 26Aand .27,

betvgeenfwhich is' locatedQ-the bottomxpiece v28, held in.place bygsplzit wire rings 29izand The concept of my invention isa dice box, the body and attachable ybottoin of which are constructed` of materials which are' indestructible,'as compared with leather, the form 45 Y, n and method of the body portion of which are l suclr'th'at theyniay `becheaply constructed Y `and quickly assembled,'andv thereafter standV made ot Celluloid, whereinftheA ,body fis y lformed separately from `v'the' bottom ot such boxes. y A Y `I-lavingy described my invention, what I* vl. Audicebox, provided `at its` ope'fliegld with afsurrounding inwardly projecting o resilient ring, andfme'ans adapted for utiliz'VT ing the resiliency of the ringto. seeurejand lock it in its operative position toVthe'body of. thebox.

2. The combination with a dicefbox, Vof a flexible ring extending across the edgesof* the open fend of thebofx, andvprovidedvwith an inwardly projecting vflange,""adapted 'toA engagement with y the be sprung to locked opposing wall of the; box.

f 3. In adice boX, an openifended cylindrr.` i cal bodyk ofy hard non-'fibrousmaterial'havf ing a'groove "therein lto receive1 lan'v eXpanl sible split ring,v aybottom forsaid body detachably secured within saidf body byfmeans o1 said ring,a11dj,a non-sound-producing ring. recessed in 'thefQbo/:tl'toin:edge of said'Y Inv witness wliereof,vr h;ereunto my handthi'sl Srddayi ofv May,l 1924. f 

